deported; deporting; deports
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: to behave or comport (oneself) especially in accord with a code
Examples of deport in a Sentence
Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported.
deported them back to their country of birth
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One man is a felon who'd been previously deported and was serving a 30-month sentence when investigators contacted him, Joseph acknowledged.
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Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Government attorneys, who acknowledged in court records that Abrego Garcia had been mistakenly deported, had argued for weeks the U.S. had no authority to bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States from the Salvadoran prison where he was being held.
—Evan Mealins, USA Today, 14 June 2025
The children of two Guatemalan immigrants called Friday for their parents’ return, after their father was deported and their mother detained despite their years-long pursuit of a visa meant to protect victims of crime.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
On January 28, 1948, a twin-engine propeller DC-3 crashed in Los Gatos Canyon (Fresno County, California), resulting in the deaths of 32 people, four Americans (flight crew and security guards) plus 28 migrant farm workers who were being deported from California back to Mexico.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Government attorneys, who acknowledged in court records that Abrego Garcia had been mistakenly deported, had argued for weeks the U.S. had no authority to bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States from the Salvadoran prison where he was being held.
—Evan Mealins, USA Today, 14 June 2025
The children of two Guatemalan immigrants called Friday for their parents’ return, after their father was deported and their mother detained despite their years-long pursuit of a visa meant to protect victims of crime.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
On January 28, 1948, a twin-engine propeller DC-3 crashed in Los Gatos Canyon (Fresno County, California), resulting in the deaths of 32 people, four Americans (flight crew and security guards) plus 28 migrant farm workers who were being deported from California back to Mexico.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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“Deport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deport. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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deport
verb
de·port
di-ˈpō(ə)rt 
-ˈpȯ(ə)rt
1
: to cause (oneself) to act in a certain way : conduct
deported themselves well in public
2
: to force (a person who is not a citizen) to leave a country
deportation
noun
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtā-shən
-ˌpȯr-
deportee
noun
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtē
-ˌpȯr-
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